linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] init: Introduce 'noinitramfs' kernel parameter

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Message-ID: <20140622145329.GA19936@khazad-dum.debian.net>
Date:	Sun, 22 Jun 2014 11:53:29 -0300
From:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
To:	Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@...guardiasur.com.ar>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Guido Martínez <guido@...guardiasur.com.ar>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] init: Introduce 'noinitramfs' kernel parameter

On Sun, 22 Jun 2014, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> This commit adds a new kernel parameter to provide such option, following the
> naming of the current 'initrd' which serves a similar purpose, for an initial
> RAM disk.

How does it interact with the early initramfs?

Maybe we should have the options to ignore both, ignore just the early
initramfs (to skip microcode updates and ACPI table updates), and ignore
just the main initramfs?

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  Henrique Holschuh
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